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Survey of the occurrence of residues of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in Dutch drinking water sources and drinking water

An indicative survey has been carried out in The Netherlands investigating the presence of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in drinking water and the corresponding sources.
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Regional costs and benefits of alternative post-Kyoto climate regimes: Comparison of variants of the Multi-stage and Per Capita Convergence regimes

This study explores technical, economic and environmental implications of different post-Kyoto climate regimes for differentiation of future commitments that would lead to a stabilisation of…

Exploring climate regimes for differentiation of commitments to achieve the EU climate target

This report explores the implications of various international climate regimes for differentiating post-Kyoto (after 2012) commitments compatible with the EU long-term climate objective to limit…
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The GeoPEARL model. Description, applications and manual

The GeoPEARL model presented here is a spatially distributed model describing the fate of pesticides in the soil-plant system. The model calculates the drainage of pesticides into local surface waters…
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European exchange of air quality monitoring meta information in 2001. ETC/ACC technical paper 2003-1

Current air quality legislation of the European Union, Council Decision (97/101/EC), requires the Commission to prepares a technical report on a yearly basis combining the meta information and air…
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Effective approaches for predicting environmental concentrations of pesticides: the APECOP project

Environmental fate modelling is now actively used for the registration of plant protection products (PPPs). Yet, to be efficient in a harmonized registration process, the quality of PEC modelling…

Dynamic modelling of surface waters: impact of emission reduction-possibilities and limitations

Dynamic models provide an extension to critical loads by predicting the timescale of chemical recovery to emission reductions. They can also be used to determine the deposition levels required to…
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Incorporating macropore flow into focus PEC models

Macropore flow can strongly influence leaching of pesticides in the unsaturated zone, but this process has until now played only a limited role in exposure assessments.
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Great transition: the promise and lure of the times ahead

More information on the Great Transition Project can be found at the website of Great Transition Initiative– Hopeful Global Scenarios of Earth’s Future, a global network elaborating visions and…
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Development of an environmental indicator which can be used on national and regional scales for evaluating pesticide emissions in The Netherlands

As part of the new governmental program on pesticides the Dutch ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management & Fisheries and the ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning & the Environment have jointly…